Management of the ITER configuration towards construction phase

Control of the engineering data describing the physical configuration of the machine is a key factor for performing construction activities in time and within costs. This will allow minimizing the risk of future changes, the identification of all missing items and will ensure that the interfaces among different systems remain stable. Thus, the main priority for the Central Integration and Engineering directorate in ITER was to achieve a well described, reviewed and stable definition of the reference configuration. This requires not only that design of all systems is sufficiently detailed to ensure that all key safety and performance requirements have been satisfied, but also that all integration issues among the different systems have been identified and solved.